The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-06
grades. With this one exception it
is the oest road in the county.

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is the BEST road in the County.
PULASKI AND WALES MILLS PIKE.
This is mostly q gool road, and
in much of its lengthsthe smoothest
in the county. | End in it the fol-
lowing defects: From point be-
yond Ricbla d bridge TO a point
just beyond the slough the gravel
Is insufficient to cover coarsely bro
ken rock, leaving the road rougher
than the charter requires. Even
with the fair grounds the road is
cutting badly FROM defective drain
age. Just beyond the toll gate
there is an overgfade. Chicken
creek bridge ahutments are out Of
order. The one thus way has under
mined until the upper corner has
sunk II inch below the lower. On
the other side the upper corner Of
the cedar pen has Totled away SO
that there is no connection whatcv
err between the logs, leaving this
end of the bridge il q very unsatis
factory condition. The Fogg hill
appears over grade. Branch cross
ing even with Mr.. Sni,hson's house
not up to charter. just beyond
Vale Mills and along even with
church not enough gravel; also go
ing up the Green hill from this
side. The other side of this hill is
the worst piece of chartered pike in
the county. The bitches in cut
near the top a:e more than full. The
side walls along the high fill below
are topping Overcome of them in
much gifts length until there is not
more than eleven feet of safe road
bed instead Of fourteen. There
should be 4 feet inside and exclu-
sive of these side walls The fills
measure only II feet going both W
and down the next hill. Two split
chestnut bridges beyond not up te
charter. I would recommend that
in the wisdom of the court time be
fixed within which each of these
several places be made to conform
to the charter, excepting 1T may be
the two overgrades mentioned.
PULASKI AND ELKToN PIKE.
Many though not all OF the de
fects pointed out in my last ieporj
have been corrected during the
last year. Many Of the roughes'
places have been covered with gray
ell, but it is still the proverbia
rough pike Of the county. Acros:
the Ballentine bottom the drainage
is imperfect, and the dirt and sane
put on for gravel Is frequently tram
pied into sloppy mud, leaving the
large rock a prominent obstruction
to the rolling wheel The roadbec
is too narrow at the first bridge be
yond Buchanan creek. There ar.
several places where the centre o
the road is lower than the cute
edges. Several where the drain
age is imperfect, several where i
is rough from loose rocks of more
than one-half pound weight. Thi:
is an old road, pays well and in jus
tice to the travelling public shoule
be up to charter in every particu
lar.
PULASKI AND PIsGAH PIKE.
| | have not one word OF bleme O
shadow of fault to cast upon tn
fair face of this road [ wish onl,
to strew over its surface the flower
of richest praise. 1t is an honor t,
its owners and q rich reward to tn
county. with indomltable viii
they are fast forging 10 the from
and are likely within the near fu
tare to hold The undlsputed frs
J rank. 1t is perfect in the eye o
the law. w. S, RHEA. Com.
: The Know-Nothings.
The republican knownothin
party of Giles county have under
taken to run the city government c
Pulaski. There is nothing wron
IN that if they can do it, we suppose
They met last Saturday night an
nominated full ticket. They pre-
TESS to have but one object
beat q certain candidate for police
, man. The man they named fo
! mayor, the one named for marsha
[ and several of those named for a
} dermen are all honorable gentleme
and none of them were present.
; Mr.. Morris spoke in advocacy c
the .icket, saying that it made n
, difference that some of the men o
it were opposed to the free school
= that the thing was already a la
5 and the board could not hurt {
stop the school. He is reported
> have made such an absurd stat
4 ment. Any man with grain I
9 sense knows that the new boar
l can refuse to levy tax and the
: up goes the school. The negro'
; can be fooled though. The negro'
are full-fledged citizens and have
7 right to vote as they please an
7 break up the school system it the
: wish.
The CITIZEN is not overly an:
ious about it either way. 1t is D,
going to oppose anybody nor go f'
anybody and it is perfectly willir
to hands off and let the negroes Ct
their own throats--or have the
~ cut by their pretended friends.
Why does DIR. Morris say tt
4 board cannot break up the schoo
Who said they would try it? There
= a cat in the meal here. Why do
: be mention it at all? 1t shows tn
- they have been talking about
- privately.
We are not going to publish tt
names of the gentlemen nominate
q because there may be some mistal
;. about il. 1t will all appear wit
you see their ticket.
n Truck Farming.
Giles county farmers should
quick to adapt themselves to t
new order of things. There is g